Essential Neurosurgery for Medical Students Supplement
Guest Editors: Daniel L. Barrow, MD & Bernard R. Bendok, MD

Neurosurgery is the medical specialty that focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the brain, spine, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. Although it is fundamentally a surgical discipline, neurosurgery requires knowledge of neurology, critical care, trauma care, and radiology. Neuroanatomy and disorders of the human nervous system may be intimidating to students and non-neurological physicians. All practitioners, however, should be familiar with some aspects of the discipline of neurosurgery. This supplement provides a basic fund of knowledge all physicians should have, regardless of their chosen specialty.
Introduction: What is Neurosurgery?
Daniel L. Barrow, Bernard R. Bendok
The Neurological Examination
Matthew McCoyd, Arash Salardini, José Biller
Neurosurgical Physiology and Neurocritical Management of the Acute Neurosurgical Patient
Sanjay Konakondla, Cameron J. Brimley, Shelly D. Timmons
Trauma
Katherine E. Wagner, Tamar R. Binyamin, Patrick Colley, Amrit K. Chiluwal, James S. Harrop, Gregory W. Hawryluk, et al.
Vascular
Adam S. Arthur, I. Josh Abecassis, Karl R. Abi-Aad, Felipe C. Albuquerque, Rami O. Almefty, Rami James N. Aoun, et al.
Tumor
J. Bradley Elder, Jonathan H. Sherman, Daniel M. Prevedello, Nicholas J. Szerlip, Daniel E. Spratt, Ammar Shaikhouni, et al.
Spine
Faiz U. Ahmad, Erica F. Bisson, Stephen Shelby Burks, Jason J. Chang, A. Jessey Chugh, Ian Côté, et al.
Pediatrics
Joshua J. Chern, Robert J. Bollo, Lance S. Governale, Kyle G. Halvorson, Kristopher Hooten, Abhaya V. Kulkarni, et al.
Epilepsy, Functional Neurosurgery, and Pain
Kyle I. Swanson, Kris A. Smith, Zaman Mirzadeh, Francisco A. Ponce
Peripheral Nerve
Robert J. Spinner, Amgad S. Hanna, Andrés A. Maldonado, Thomas J. Wilson
This supplement is available online via Advance Access and will publish as a supplement to the August 2019 issue of Operative Neurosurgery.

